Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

FAITH
1917
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IN con 417
not enough; the faith must be without a doubt, and this
faith can only be attained thru living the life which will
produce it.
We are told that God created by the word of his
power; therefore he must have created from himself, as
literally as a father and mother create offspring from
themselves; and because of this fact we are the sons of
God, as truly as we are children of our earthly parents.
If this be true, then the laws of God 's nature are necessarily
the laws of our nature.
As God never changes,
therefore the laws of his nature must be complied with
in our life, in order that we may be in harmony with God;
and as God created all things, from the animalculw in
the drop of water to the highest form of man, not only
in this world but in all worlds, therefore it inevitably
follows that all laws are God's laws. As God can not look
upon sin "with the least degree of allowance,"-for man
must reap what he sows, absolute justice being the attribute
of Deity,-therefore the soul of man
is made
conscious of every transgression of law, and made to
feel that by virtue of that transgression justice will be
meted out.
Now man may reason his intellect into the belief that
he is in Divine favor, and therefore will be protected
under all circumstances by the power of the divine will;
but that belief will not be without a waver or a doubt;
because the'soul of man cannot lie, and it is its province
to protect and care for the body. It will therefore admonish
the individual, no matter what arguments may be
brought to bear upon the mind, of the fact that he is not
living in harmony with divine law; and therefore there
will be doubts and fears continually active in the mind
until' the individual lives perfectly in harmony with these
laws.
We read of Daniel being cast into the lion's
den, and